Michael A. De Leon is a graphic designer by day, but wears many hats in his off time. In 2004, after several years of covering the Spurs, he started Project Spurs, a Spurs team fansite as an outlet to provide content to Spurs fans, while continuing to write for himself and learning the ins and outs of online publishing and web design. He has since built a writing team and started a popular weekly Spurs podcast called the Spurscast.

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By Paul Garcia, Project Spurs Add another European player affiliated with the San Antonio Spurs to your list of must watch international players participating in the FIBA Eurobasket next month. The Spurs acquired the draft rights of Slovenia’s Erazem Lorbek on draft night in a trade with Indiana for George Hill. Lorbek has made Slovenia […]
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By Jeff Garcia, Project Spurs Take one part NBA offseason and one part lockout and fans could be facing a long wait for professional basketball to kick up again. Not only will fans have to endure the wait, NBA players also recognize it could be quite sometime before they lace up their sneakers again for […]
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By Jeff Garcia, Project Spurs As Project Spurs’ Paul Garcia reported earlier this week, San Antonio Spurs’ Tony Parker and the French national team crushed Canada, 106 to 44, in game one of their exhibition series leading up to the pre-Olympic qualifiers in Lithuania. Parker had 10 points and eight assists off 4 of 7 […]
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By Paul Garcia, Project Spurs After defeating Canada by 62 points in yesterday’s exhibition ?matchup, San Antonio Spurs’ Tony Parker and France worked hard today to defeat Canada 86 to 69. Parker led the French with 16 points, six assists and four rebounds. Spurs draftee Nando De Colo finished with 14 points, six rebounds, and […]
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By Paul Garcia, Project Spurs Last week, Houston Rockets’ Yao Ming officially retired from the NBA as he gave his retirement press conference in China. Many have recalled Yao’s time in the NBA and regard him as a face that changed basketball globally even though he had a short nine-year career due to constant injuries. […]
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Former Spur Keith Langford may have had a short sting with the Spurs, playing in only two regular season games totaling two points and two rebounds, but it was enough to make him a favorite among Spurs and Austin Toros fans. After Langford was waived by the Spurs in January of 2008, he chose to […]
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No, that headline does not come from the Onion. You may be surprised to know that ranking comes from a recent report from Nielsen/E-Poll. Nielsen, a global marketing and advertising research company, primarily known for their television ratings, put together their list of most marketable players based on their N-Score. Click HERE for the complete article […]
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By Paul Garcia, Project Spurs This is for all you sneaker-heads. As the FIBA Americas Olympic pre-qualifiers are set to begin next month, San Antonio Spurs’ Tiago Splitter has decided to unveil the sneakers he will wear in the tournament. Splitter tweeted about his new kicks and like how they matched Brazil’s team colors and […]
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By Jeff Garcia, Project Spurs With the NBA lockout in full swing, international players who want to play this summer at pre-Olympic qualifiers are looking to be insured. Otherwise, they might not play. For the San Antonio Spurs, Tiago Splitter and Tony Parker have been insured to play for their respective countries leaving Manu Ginobili […]
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